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On the recordNovember 2, 2017
the average American can reasonably ask the question, why was so many high-level members and associates of the Trump campaign meeting with Russian governmental officials at the same time they were attacking our democracy and then lied about it?
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries questions the motives behind the meetings between Trump campaign members and Russian officials.

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